Real hot summer day in the city. A piece of string,maybe 8 or 10 inches long,laying out in the hot sun on the side walk is really wantin' something cold to cool him off. So he LATCHES himself onto some guys' shoe who goes into a bar. The string slithers up a stool next to the fella & pulls itself onto the edge of the bar. "hey,tarbender,er..bartender :chug:give me a nice,tall,COLD glass of beer would ya!" . "Sure thing,buddy!",then he stops after two steps,turns around & says "you strings are all alike. No money,you all get drunk & pile together in front of my broom & I think it's a mop! Get outta here!". So the the string goes out the front door into the heat of the day & gets an idea. It slithers into a nearby alley searching for the one thing that will quench its thirst. A comb!
And then it ties a huge knot in the middle of itself,and below the knot it unravels itself into individual,fluffy threads.
And so it proudly slithers into the same bar & again asks for a cold beer. The bartender didn't recognize the string at 1st,and set a nice,tall,cold glass of beer in front of it. But before he took his hand from it,he asked "say,ain't you the same piece of string I just threw out awhile ago?" The piece of string replies "no,I'm a frayed knot."
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